I discovered a rock band named Extreme and I wondered what happened to Extreme. They were based in Arizona and had a hit with the song Hole Hearted but are best known for the ballad More Than Words which was later covered by singer Frankie J. Extreme was one of the big rock bands of the 90's and they had some great songs
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Extreme were originally one of the bands as part of the "shred" movement of pop metal in the late 80's/early 90's. Their guitarist Nuno Bettencourt was a very talented musician who inspired many guitar players with his fast, technically adept style which incorporated some r & b influences into the band's style of rock. The band was known for a sort of "concept" album in 1990 titled "Pornografitti" which told a story of a young man in the ongoing battle between men, women, sex, relationships, and sexual depictions in the media. Popular songs by them included the provocatively titled "Get the Funk Out", "Hole Hearted", "Watching, Waiting", "Mutha (Don't Want To Go To School Today), "Kid Ego", "Decadence Dance", and the ballad "More Than Words", which, in spite of the band's uptempo style, became their biggest hit.

In 1992, the band created a "three sided album" called "III Sides To Every Story", another concept album about peace and conflict. The band had a popular song called "Rest In Peace", but by that time their popularity had run its course due to grunge replacing anything considered "80's".

The band continued to make one more album, "Waiting For the Punchline", before disbanding. In 1998, lead vocalist Gary Cherone made the ill-advised decision to become the third lead singer for Van Halen after the departure of Sammy Hagar. Considering that he was following in the footsteps of major frontmen in the band before him, people found his abilities and charisma to be rather wanting. He did not have that "name" recognition and charisma for a band of such stature as Van Halen. The "Van Halen III" album tanked in sales. Cherone left the band and tried his own band project called Tribe Of Judah.

Nuno Bettencourt also did a few solo albums beginning with 1997's "Schizophonic" as well as a few others. In over the past ten years, Extreme has reunited off and on. A new album was slated to be released last year, so we have not heard the last of them.